Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelouwas an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells of her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth4 April 1928
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it.
If I'm here, I'll be trying to be a better human being, a better writer, a better friend and a better beloved.
I long for the time when all human history is taught as one history, because it really is.
No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance.
Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.
I am capable of what every other human is capable of. This is one of the great lessons of war and life .
We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.
The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being.
Poetry is music written for the human voice.
We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.
When a man tells you who he is...believe him.
I've still not written as well as I want to. I want to write so that the reader in Des Moines, Iowa, in Kowloon, China, in Cape Town, South Africa, can say, 'You know, that's the truth. I wasn't there, and I wasn't a six-foot black girl, but that's the truth.'
Courage allows the successful woman to fail-and learn powerful lessons-from the failure-so that in the end,she didn't fail at all.
The terrorist action of 9/11 gave birth to President Obama's entry to the White House. Not directly, but indirectly.